Elliot Kang

Welcome to my website!

I am a PhD Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and a researcher in the Department of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Michigan in 2025.

Research Interests: International Trade, Spatial Economics, Environmental Economics

Email: elliotkang.m@gmail.com

My CV is available here.

Working Papers

Global Fisheries: Quantifying the Externalities from Open Access (Latest version)
Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective (Latest version) (NBER WP) (Coverage: TradeTalks)

with Farid Farrokhi, Heitor Pellegrina, and Sebastian Sotelo

Playing with Blocs: Quantifying Decoupling (Latest version) (NBER WP) (CEPR DP) (Coverage: VoxEU)

with Barthélémy Bonadio, Zhen Huo, Andrei Levchenko, Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, Hiroshi Toma, and Petia Topalova

Work in progress

Aggregate Productivity and Spatial Sorting
Did High Speed Trains Promote Local Economic Activities?: Evidence from the Korea Train Express

with Hyunjoo Yang and Kanghyock Koh

Pre-doctoral Publication

Generation Uphill: Housing Cost, Migration, and Commuting Time of the Young in South Korea

with Chulhee Lee, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 35, No.1, Feb 2022, 1-31.

Is there Regional Inequality in Medical Accessibility of the Severely Injured? Application of Driving Time Data in South Korea

with Hyunjoo Yang, Min Gyeong Kim, and Kanghyock Koh, Journal of Market Economy, Vol. 49, No.1, Feb 2020, 1-29 .

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